Cleaning live rock and sand

[fishyfolks]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

OK, thanks, guess I better not do that then. Means I will have to wait for a water change and save a couple buckets of old salt water.

Thats what ive always done in the past. I've just put the water change water in a tote on the kitchen counter (hubby not such a fan...lol) and scrubbed it with a toothbrush. I've never experienced any kind of spike or noticed any interruption in my tank whatsoever.

[warriorcookie]

If you want info on the proper way of "cleaning" your live rock, user Myka has a great thread on here on curing and cooking live rock. Takes more time than just scrubbing, but way better way of doing it...

[Reef Pilot]

Yes, have read that before. However, I am trying to avoid curing and cooking the live rock.

This is rock that is already in this same tank. I just want to rearrange it. And since I am moving it around anyway, wanted to brush and rinse in off a bit to try and clean it more. But I don't want to cause a cycle, or at least not a major one. There are fish and corals in the tank, too.